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Recently released reports and testimonies are listed below. Our congressional requesters may hold reports up to 30 days before making them publicly available, so some may have earlier issue dates.
Reports & Testimonies
February 05, 2010
Highway Research: The Second Strategic Highway Research Program Addresses the Four Required Areas, but Some Anticipated Research Was Not Funded
GAO-10-248 , February 05, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages)
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Needs to Strengthen Its Decision-Making Process on the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
GAO-10-25 , February 05, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 99 pages)
February 04, 2010
Biomonitoring: EPA Could Make Better Use of Biomonitoring Data
GAO-10-419T , February 04, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages)
February 03, 2010
NASA: Key Management and Program Challenges
GAO-10-387T , February 03, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages)
February 02, 2010
Littoral Combat Ship: Actions Needed to Improve Operating Cost Estimates and Mitigate Risks in Implementing New Concepts
GAO-10-257 , February 02, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages)
February 01, 2010
NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects
GAO-10-227SP , February 01, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 89 pages)
Defense Acquisitions: Observations on the Department of Defense Service Contract Inventories for Fiscal Year 2008
GAO-10-350R , January 29, 2010
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages)
January 29, 2010
Employment and Training Administration: Increased Authority and Accountability Could Improve Research Program
GAO-10-243 , January 29, 2010
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages)
New Markets Tax Credit: The Credit Helps Fund a Variety of Projects in Low-Income Communities, but Could Be Simplified
GAO-10-334 , January 29, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 63 pages)
Nuclear Security: DOE Needs to Address Protective Forces' Personnel System Issues
GAO-10-275 , January 29, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages)
Patient Safety Act: HHS Is in the Process of Implementing the Act, So Its Effectiveness Cannot Yet Be Evaluated
GAO-10-281 , January 29, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages)
Veterans' Disability Benefits: Further Evaluation of Ongoing Initiatives Could Help Identify Effective Approaches for Improving Claims Processing
GAO-10-213 , January 29, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages)
January 28, 2010
Defense Acquisitions: Status of DOD's Implementation of Independent Management Reviews for Services Acquisitions
GAO-10-284 , January 28, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages)
Defense Contracting: DOD Has Enhanced Insight into Undefinitized Contract Action Use, but Management at Local Commands Needs Improvement
GAO-10-299 , January 28, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 50 pages)
Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Interoperability Efforts Are Ongoing; Program Office Needs to Implement Recommended Improvements
GAO-10-332 , January 28, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages)
Military Recruiting: Clarified Reporting Requirements and Increased Transparency Could Strengthen Oversight over Recruiter Irregularities
GAO-10-254 , January 28, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 61 pages)
Homeland Security: Better Use of Terrorist Watchlist Information and Improvements in Deployment of Passenger Screening Checkpoint Technologies Could Further Strengthen Security
GAO-10-401T , January 27, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 26 pages)
January 27, 2010
National Transportation Safety Board: Issues Related to the 2010 Reauthorization
GAO-10-366T , January 27, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages)
January 26, 2010
Defense Contracting: Recent Law Has Impacted Contractor Use of Offshore Subsidiaries to Avoid Certain Payroll Taxes
GAO-10-327 , January 26, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages)
National Airspace System: Regional Airport Planning Could Help Address Congestion If Plans Were Integrated with FAA and Airport Decision Making
GAO-10-120 , December 23, 2009
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 75 pages)
January 25, 2010
Emergency Preparedness: State Efforts to Plan for Medical Surge Could Benefit from Shared Guidance for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources
GAO-10-381T , January 25, 2010
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages)
GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to the Congress for Fiscal Year 2009
GAO-10-264R , January 08, 2010
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages)
Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Address Challenges in Meeting Federal Renewable Energy Goals
GAO-10-104 , December 18, 2009
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages)
January 21, 2010
Summary of GAO's Performance and Financial Information Fiscal Year 2009
GAO-10-235SP , January 21, 2010
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages)
Financial Management: Improvements Needed in National Flood Insurance Program's Financial Controls and Oversight
GAO-10-66 , December 22, 2009
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 44 pages)
The Comptroller General, the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), issues decisions in various areas of federal law. These decisions are prepared by GAO's Office of General Counsel, and are identified by a numbering system beginning with B-(number); each decision carries its own B-number and date.
Latest Legal Decisions & Opinions
February 05, 2010
AINS, Inc.
B-400760.4, B-400760.5 , January 19, 2010
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 12 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
C2C Solutions, Inc.
B-401106.5 , January 25, 2010
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 9 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
AT&T Systems, Inc.
B-401701, B-401701.2 , November 12, 2009
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Cahaba Safeguard Administrators, LLC
B-401842.2 , January 25, 2010
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 11 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Building Restoration Corporation
B-402000 , December 29, 2009
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 5 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Ridgeline Industries, Inc.
B-402105 , January 07, 2010
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 3 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
February 03, 2010
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General--Reasonable Accommodation
B-318229 , December 22, 2009
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 6 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Velos Inc.; OmniComm Systems, Inc.; PercipEnz Technologies, Inc.
B-400500, B-400500.2, B-400500.3, B-400500.4, B-400500.5, B-400500.6, B-400500.7 , November 28, 2008
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 14 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Velos, Inc.
B-400500.8, B-400500.9 , December 14, 2009
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 16 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Nova Builders
B-402091, B-402091.2, B-402091.3 , January 19, 2010
Summary (HTML)
Full Decision (PDF, 19 pages)
Full Decision (HTML)
Presentations and Testimonies from Acting Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro
Latest Comptroller General Presentations
January 8, 2010
Maximizing DOD’s Potential to Face New Fiscal Challenges
and Strengthen Interagency Partnerships , National Defense University
Washington, D.C.
GAO-10-359CG ,
January 6, 2010
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF,
23 pages) Accessible
Text
November 19, 2009
Recovery Act: Recipient Reported Jobs Data Provide Some Insight into Use of Recovery Act Funding, but Data Quality and Reporting Issues Need Attention, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformGAO-10-224T , November 19, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages) Accessible Text
October 22, 2009
Maximizing DOD's Untapped Potential to Improve Business Performance , DOD Performance Breakthrough Convention
Lansdowne, VAGAO-10-184CG , October 14, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 20 pages) Accessible Text
October 15, 2009
Troubled Asset Relief Program: GAO’s Oversight Role , Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Accounting & Auditing Conference Arlington, VAGAO-10-150CG , October 1, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 21 pages) Accessible Text
October 14, 2009
The Role of the U.S. Government Accountability Office , House Democracy Partnership Members of Parliament from Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Mongolia Washington, D.C.GAO-10-111CG , October 2, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text
September 24, 2009
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsGAO-09-1048T , September 24, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 16 pages) Accessible Text
August 20, 2009
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress , National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers' 2009 Annual Conference Dearborn, MIGAO-09-952CG , August 17, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress , American Institute of CPAs National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference Washington, D.CGAO-09-930CG , August 10, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text
July 8, 2009
Fiscal Year 2008 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Federal Government Faces New and Continuing Financial Management and Fiscal Challenges, before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformGAO-09-805T , July 8, 2009
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text
Recovery Act: States' and Localities' Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformGAO-09-831T , July 8, 2009
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text
June 24, 2009
Ensuring Accountability in a Time of Financial and Fiscal Stress , Association of Government Accountants' professional development conference New Orleans, LAGAO-09-847CG , June 23, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text
June 23, 2009
Key Challenges Facing Government Managers , Interagency Resources Management Conference Cambridge, MDGAO-09-609CG , April 21, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 24 pages) Accessible Text
The Recovery Act and TARP: GAO's Oversight Role, National State Auditors Association Annual Conference Savannah, GAGAO-09-846CG , June 17, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text
May 21, 2009
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, before the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Senate Committee on AppropriationsGAO-09-699T , May 21, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages) Accessible Text
May 5, 2009
Recovery Act: GAO's Efforts to Work with the Accountability Community to Help Ensure Effective and Efficient Oversight, before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science and TechnologyGAO-09-672T , May 5, 2009
Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text
April 28, 2009
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, House Committee on AppropriationsGAO-09-587T , April 28, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 10 pages) Accessible Text
April 23, 2009
Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities, Continued Attention to Accountability Issues Is Essential, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsGAO-09-631T , April 23, 2009
Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Accessible Text